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Just last week Sharon Grigsby jumped the shark over at Belo and showed us how little our local journalists understand the educational data in our state. Grigsby made defamatory remarks about principal Marian Willard by stating that Willard had a…

Apparently Miles and some members of the Dallas ISD Board think playing a game of Whack-a-Principal might be fun. They think leadership capacity in Dallas schools is low. We agree about the leadership capacity. But the reasons for the lack…

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Foundation for Empowerment (FCE) released 3 papers:

1. Disruptive Change: Mike Miles and the Crisis In Dallas ISD, which has been prepared with consultation by education academics, extensive research, review of data and education literature, and meetings and interviews with people of Dallas holding varying and sometimes conflicting points of view;

"You will see from these papers that, after much research and discussion, we believe the current Superintendent lacks the pedagogical, leadership and integrity qualities necessary to lead Dallas ISD and recommend the Board terminate his contract."

"Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit and intelligence of the citizens. They fall when the wise are banished from the public councils because they dare to be honest and the profligate are rewarded because they flatter the people in order to betray them." --Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833